InsideOut Alum Breaks Ground at Michigan State University

InsideOut Alumnus’ Groundbreaking Poem
William Langford at 2007 CWP Slam Tryouts

William Langford, Citywide Poets (2007), was invited to be the student speaker at groundbreaking ceremonies September 16, 2010, for the new Wells Hall at Michigan State University. Will’s brilliant poem “Legion” received a standing ovation and is featured on MSU’s YouTube.
It’s been quite a month of honors for “Will ThePoet” who also took first place in the poetry slam at the Detroit Jazz Fest, winning the right to open for Branford Marsalis in Hart Plaza on Labor Day. Will is now a senior majoring in English at Michigan State, where he founded the MSU Poetry Slam team. As an InsideOut student, he edited his school’s literary magazine (Cass Tech’s Ambiance, 2004-2007), participated in Citywide Poets, won a trip to New York as a member of Detroit’s Brave New Voices Youth Poetry Slam team, and took awards from the Michigan Youth Arts Festival and the Columbia Scholastic Writing Awards. Please join us in congratulating our wonderful alumnus.